Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860]. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln3 Lincoln, as reported in the Press & Tribune. Douglas, as reported in the Chicago Times. MR. LINCOLN’S
INTERROGATORIES. Return to Part I 1st. Will you, if elected, vote for and cordially support a bill prohibiting slavery in the Territories of the United States? 2d. Will you vote
MR. DOUGLAS’ SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a previous notice, and have made arrangements with Mr. Lincoln to divide time, and discuss with
Neely, Mark E. Jr. 1982. The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc. https://nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/debate2.htm From the original source: It was a cloudy, cool, and damp day. Special trains brought
Mr. Douglas’s Speech LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Four years ago I appeared before the people of Knox county for the purpose of defending my political action upon the Compromise measures of
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860]. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln3 Note from the original source: Senator Douglas’s two speeches take from the Chicago Times; Mr. Lincoln’s from
